mri ms?

i am 27 and started having vision problems after hot yoga. sagittal flair, tranverse t2, transverse flair, transverse t1 weighted sequence of the head were obtained with multiplanar reconstructions.  This is what my mri states bilateral white matter alterations noted. seen in pericallosal,periventricular, deep and subcortical white matter bilaterally. largest discrete focus is seen in porterior right centrum semivale measuring 8mm and has vertical orientation. smaller adjacent foci noted. pericallosal lesion is also seen adjacent to the frontal horn of the right lateral ventricle.  left superior pericallosal lesion adjacent to the body of corpus callosum. largest discrete focus on the left side is adjacent to the posterior horn of the left lateral ventricle measuring 6mm.  what does this sound like?

[grannyhotwheels]

I'm not good with this but on the MS forum we have a guy that is a radiologist and he can tell you exactly what it is... If you would like to post this on the MS Forum I'm sure he will get to it tomorrow...

Carol

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. MS is a chronic demyelinating disorder where the disease phase is characterized by active phase and remissions. It has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI in addition, a spinal tap. You also need to be checked for small vessel ischemic disease, cerebral ischemia etc for these MRI lesions.Therefore, it would be prudent to consult your neurologist with these concerns. Hope this helps. Take care.